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LEGAL HIGHS
HIGHS
ADRENOCHROME SEMICARBAZONE -- 3-hydroxy-1-methyl-5,6-indolinedione
semicarbazone.
Material: Oxidized eniephrine (adrenaline) with semicarbazide.
Usage: 100 mg is thoroughly dissolved in just enough alcohol,
melted fat (butter), or vegetable oil and ingested. Because of its
poor solubility in water these must be used to aid absorption.
Effects: Physical stimulating, feeling of well-being, slight
reduction of thought processes.
Contraindications: None noted. Acts as a systemic hemostatic
preventing capillary bleeding during injury. Adrenochrome causes
chemically induced schizophrenia. Its semicarbazone does not.
Supplier: CS.
ALPHA-CHLORALOSE -- alpha-D-glucochloralose.
Material: Synthetic chemical prepared by reacting chloral with
glucose under heat.
Usage: 350-500 mg orally.
Effects: Euphoriant affecting CNS in a manner similar to PCP
(phencyclidine), accompanied with mental changes like those from
smoking hashish.
Contraindications: Although a central depressant, in some
individuals it may cause nervousness. Less toxic than PCP or chloral.
Dangerous if taken with even small amounts of alcohol (even beer).
May cause convulsions.
Supplier: CS.
ASARONE -- 1,2,4-trimethoxy-5-propenylbenzene or 2,4,5-trimethoxy-1-
benzene.
Material: A chemical related to mescaline and the amphetamines
found in the roots of sweet flag (_Acorus calamus_) and _Asarum_ spp.
It is chemically the precusor of TMA-2 (2,4,5-trimethoxy-a-methyl-4,5-
methylenedioxyphenylethylamine), a hallucinogen with 18 times the gram
potency of mescaline. Asarone is converted to TMA-2 in the body by
aminization which takes place shortly after ingestion.
Usage: 45-350 mg orally on empty stomach. Individual sensitivity
varies widely.
Effects: Simultaneous stimulant, hallucinogen, and sedative. One
or another of these traits may be more pronounced depending upon the
dose and the individual. CNS stimulant, antispasmatic.
Contraindications: Should not be taken with MAO inhibitors.
Supplier: CS.
ATROPINE SULFATE
Material: Sulfate of tropane alkaloid found in belladonna,
datura, and several other solaneceous plants.
Usage: 0.5-5 mg orally.
Effects: Competitive acetylcholine inhibitor at receptor site
(postganglionic junction). Does not prevent acetylcholine liberation.
Hallucinogen, similar to scopolamine, but producing more excitement
and less stupor. Potentiates other psychotropics, including opium,
cannabis, harmala alkaloids, mescaline.
Contraindications: Highly toxic. Side effects include dryness
and soreness of mucous membranes, blurred vision, urinary retention,
severe hallucinations, retrograde amnesia lasting several hours to
several days. Not recommended without expert supervision. Possible
brain damage from large amounts.
Supplier: CR.
BELLADONNA -- Deadly Nightshade. _Atropa belladonna_ L. Family
Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Leaves and roots of perennial herb found in wooded
hills and shaded areas of central and southern Europe, southwest Asia,
and Algeria, and naturalized in USA.
Usage: Crushed dried leaves 30-200 mg or root 30-120 mg taken
orally or smoked.
Active Constituents: Atropine, scopolamine, and other tropanes.
Leaves containe 0.3-0.5% total alkaloids, roots 0.4-0.7%.
Effects: Hallucinogen, hypnotic, anticholinergic.
Contraindications: Extremely toxic. Even moderate doses could be
fatal. Root contains apoatropine which can be lethal even in small
amounts, especially when taken orally. Use not recommended. See
ATROPINE and SCOPOLAMINE.
Supplier: Seeds RCS.
BETEL NUT -- _Areca catechu._ Family Palmaceae (Palm family).
Material: The large seed of this Asian palm tree.
Usage: It is wrapped in the leaf of the betel pepper (_Piper
chavica betel_) and sprinkled with burnt lime, catechu gum from the
Malayan acacia tree (_Acacia catechu_) and nutmeg, cardamom or other
species. This morsel is placed in the mouth and sucked on for several
hours.
Active Constituents: Arecoline (methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-
methylnicotinate), a votalite oil, is released from the nut by action
of saliva and time. Betel leaf contains chavicol, allylpyrocathechol,
chavibetol and cadinene.
Effects: Arecoline is a central nervous system stimulant. It
increases respiration and decreases the work load of the heart. Betel
leaf has mild stimulating properties.
Contraindications: Excessive arecoline from immoderate use or
from unripe nuts can cause dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and
convulsions. Frequent use stains mouth, gums, and teeth deep red
(caused by catechu gum). Long-term overuse of betel nut is said to
weaken sexual potency.
Supplier: Areca nuts and betel leaves, MGH; young palms, RCS.
BROOM -- (_Genista,_ _Cytisus,_ _Spartium_ spp.). Family Leguminosae
(Bean family).
Material: Blossoms of any of several species including Canary
Island broom (Genista canariensis), Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius),
and Spanish broom (Spartium junceum).
Usage: Blossoms are collected,
aged in a sealed jar for 10 days, dried, and rolled into cigarettes.
Smoke is inhailed and held.
Active Constituents: Cytisine (a toxic pyridine).
Effects: One cigarette produces relaxed feelings for 2 hours.
More causes deeper relaxation and longer-lasting effects (4-5 hours).
Relaxation is deepest during 2 hours and is followed by mental
alertness and increased awareness of color without hallucinations.
Contraindications: Usually no undesirable side effects or
hangover. Some persons experience mild headache immediately after
smoking. Broom flowers are extremely toxic when ingested. Has heart-
stimulating properties like digitalis.
Supplier: Common in parks and gardens. Dried broom, MGH; viable
seeds and plants, RCS.
CABEZA DE ANGEL -- _Calliandra anomala._ Family Leguminosae (Bean
family).
Material: Resins of shrub with feathery, crimson flowers found in
level or mountainous places and near streams in southern Mexico and
Guatemala; sometimes cultivated as ornamental in California.
Usage: Formerly used by Aztecs. Incisions made in bark, resins
collected after several days, dried, pulverized, mixed with ash, and
snuffed.
Active Constituents: Unidentified.
Effects: Hypnotic, induces sleep. Also used medicinally for
dysyntery, swellings, fever, and malaria.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Seeds and cuttings, RCS (inquire).
CALAMUS -- Sweet flag, rat root (_Acorus calamus_). Family Araceae
(Arum family).
Material: Roots of tall, fragrant, sword-leaved plant found in
marshes and borders of ponds and streams in Europe, Asia, and North
America from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to Florida and Texas.
Usage: Roots are collected in late autumn or spring, washed,
voided of root fibres and dried with moderate heat. Root may be
chewed or broken up and boiled as a tea. Doses range from 2 to 10
inches of root. Root deteriorates with age. Usually inactive after 1
year. Store closed in cool dry place.
Active Constituents: Asarone and beta-asarone.
Effects: A piece of dried root the thickness of a pencil and
about 2 inches long provides stimulating and buoyant feelings. A
piece 10 inches long acts as a mind alterant and hallucinogen. (See
ASARONE.)
Contraindications: The FDA frowns upon the sale and use of
calamus and has issued directives to certain herb dealers not to sell
it to the public. An FDA directive is simply a polite word for a
threat of hassling without a law to back it. At present there are no
laws against calamus. Some experiments have indicated that excessive
amounts of calamus oil can increase the tumor rate in rats. Many of
the Cree Indians of Northern Alberta chew calamus root for oral
hygiene and as a stimulating tonic. They apparently suffer no
unpleasant side effects. In fact, those who use it seem to be in
better general health than those who do not.
Supplier: Dried root, MGH; viable root, RCS, GBR.
CALEA -- _Calea zacatechichi._ Family Compositae (Sunflower family).
Material: Leaves of a shrub from central Mexico and Costa Rica.
Usage: 1 oz. of crushed dried leaves is steeped in 1 pt. water or
extracted into alcohol. Tea is drunk slowly. A cigarette of the
leaves may be smoked to increase the effect.
Active Constituents: Alkaloids have not been found in calea.
Psychoactive components uncertain but believed to be in aromanic and
bitter principle.
Effects: Feelings of repose after 30 minutes with increased
awareness of heart and pulse. One oz. clarifies mind and senses.
Larger amounts may induce hallucinations.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Must be procured in Mexico. Oaxaca marketplace.
CALIFORNIA POPPY -- _Eschscholtzia californica._ Family Papaveraceae
(Poppy family).
Material: Leaves, flowers, and capsules of common wildflower.
Usage: Materials are dried and smoked.
Active Constituents: Opium-related alkaloids: protopine,
chelerythrine, sanguinarine, alpha- and beta-homochelidonine, and
several glucosides.
Effects: Very mild marijuana-like euphoria from smoking last 20-
30 minutes. Concentrated extract of plant may be more potent when
ingested or smoked.
Contraindications: No apparent side effects. Not habit-forming.
Appears to be ineffective when used again within 24 hours.
Supplier: Grows wild (protected by California law; misdemeanor,
fine for plucking). Seeds, B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
CATNIP -- _Nepeta catoria._ Family Labiatae (Mint family).
Material: Leaves.
Usage: Leaves are smoked alone or with tobacco in equal parts.
Also, extract is sprayed on tobacco or other smoking material.
Active Constituents: Metatabilacetone, nepatalactone, nepetalic
acid.
Effects: Mild marijuana-like euphoria, more intense and longer-
lasting with tobacco.
Contraindications: No harmful side effects known. Tobacco is
harmful and addicting.
Supplier: MGH or pet stores. Extract in aerosol from pet stores.
Viable seeds; B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
CHICALOTE -- Also called Prickly Poppy. _Argemone mexicana._ Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family).
Material: Seeds and golden sap from unripe capsules of prickly-
leaved, yellow flowered perennial found in dry fields and roadsides of
southwestern USA and Mexico.
Usage: Capsule is pierced or opened, sap collected, dried,
smoked, or ingested like opium.
Active Constituents: Protopine, berberine (morphine-related
alkaloids), and several isoquinilines.
Effects: Sedative, analgesic, and euphoriant. Mild
hallucinogenic effects from seeds.
Contraindications: None known from discreet use. Continued use
can aggravate glaucoma and cause edema or dropsy.
Supplier: Viable seeds, RCS.
CHODAT; HSIAO-TS'AO -- _Polygala sibirica_; _P. tenuifolia._ Family
Polygalaceae (Milkwort family).
Material: Yellow-brown roots with acrid-sweet taste, from plant
native to temperate Asia (northern China and Japan).
Usage: 1 tbsp. brewed as tea or powdered and combined with other
herbs. Taken daily for several weeks.
Active Constituents: Senegin (7% of dried weight).
Effects: Many medicinal uses. Used in Taoist medicine to improve
memory and mental powers.
Contraindications: None known. Too much may induce vomiting.
Supplier: This when available, or related speices _P. senega,_
MGH.
COLORINES -- _Erythrina flabelliformis_ and other species. Family
Leguminosae (Bean family).
Material: Bright red beans of woody shrubs or trees found in
southwestern USA, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Usage: 1/4-1/2 seed is chewed and swallowed.
Active Constituents: Undetermined toxic indole and
insoquinilines.
Effects: Stupor and hallucinations.
Contraindications: Extremely toxic. Not recommended.
Supplier: Grows wild in flat, dry areas.
DAMIANA -- _Turnera diffusa._ Family Turneraceae.
Material: Fragrant leaves of shrub found in tropical America,
Texas, and California.
Usage: 2 tbsp. leaves simmered in 1 pt. water. Tea is drunk at
same time as pipeful of leaves is smoked.
Active Constituents: Undetermined principle in oily fraction of
extract.
Effects: Mild aphrodisiac and marijuana-like euphoria lasting 1-
1.5 hours. Regular, moderate use has tonic effect on sexual organs.
Contraindications: Smoke harsh on lungs, best used in water-pipe.
Tea has slightly bitter taste; honey may be added. Some say excessive
long-term use may be toxic to liver.
DILL -- _Amethum graveolens._ Family Ubelliferae (Carrot family).
Material: Oil from seeds.
Usage: Oil is ingested.
Active Constituents: Dillapiole (non-amine precursor of 2,3-
dimethoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine [DMMDA-2]).
Effects and contraindications: See PARSLEY.
Supplier: Spice section of grocery stores; herb dealers, MGH.
Viable seeds; B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
DONANA -- _Coryphanta macromeris._ Family Cactaceae (Cactus family).
Material: Small, spiny cactus from northern Mexico and southern
Texas.
Usage: Spines are removed and 8-12 fresh or dried cacti are
consumed on an empty stomach. These may be chewed or crushed and
brewed for 1 hour as tea.
Active Constituents: Macromerine (L-alpha-3,4-diimethoxyphenyl-
beta-dimethylaminoethanol), a beta-phenethylamine 1/5 the gram potency
of mescaline.
Effects: Hallucinogen somewhat similar to mescaline.
Contraindications: Should not be taken in large doses with strong
MAO inhibitors. Otherwise none known.
Supplier: Cuttings, AHD; seeds, RCS, NMCR.
EPENA -- Also called yopo. _Virola calophylla._ Family Myristicaceae
(Nutmeg family).
Material: Red resin beneath the bark of tree found in rain
forests of Colombia and Brazil.
Usage: Resin scraped or boiled from bark, dried, pulverized,
mixed with ashes, and snuffed.
Active Constituents: N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-methoxy-N,N-
dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), bufotenine.
Effects: Powerful instantaneous hallucinogen. Peak effects last
about 30 minutes. Color and size changes, dizziness. Aftereffects:
buoyant feelings, pleasant stimulating lasting several hours.
Contraindications: Excessive dose may cause headache and
confusion during first 5 minutes. May cause nausea on full stomach.
Physical pain or discomfort may be amplified during first 10 minutes.
MAO inhibitor.
Supplier: No local source of epena. DMT and bufotenine illegal
in USA. See 5-MeO-DMT.
5-FLUORO-A-METHYLTRYPTAMINE
Material: Synthetic tryptamine.
Usage: 25 mg is ingested.
Effects: Hallucinogen and stimulant; causes dream-like state
similar to psilocybin, but without drowsiness or lassitude.
Contraindications: MAO inhibitor. (See list of incompatible
materials.)
Supplier: CS.
Note: Other methylated tryptamines with similar psychoactive
properties include: 6-fluoro-alpha-methyltrypta-5-methyltryptamine,
N-methyltryptamine, 5-methyltryptamine. The dosage, effects, and
contraindications are about the same for these as for the above. Some
of the non-methylated derivatives are also active. These include 5-
and 6-fluorotryptamine and 5- and 6-fluorotryptophan.
FLY AGARIC -- _Amanita muscaria._ Family Agaricaceae (Agaric family).
Material: Mushroom with red caps and white flakes found in birch
or pine forests during rainy season in north temperate zones of
eastern and western hemispheres.
Usage: Mushrooms are collected and dried in the sun or in oven at
200 degrees. No more than one medium-size mushroom should be taken
until individual's tolerance is determined.
Active Constituents: Muscimol; and ibotenic acid, which converts
muscimol upon drying. Some muscarine is also present but because of
its difficulty in passing the blood-brain barrier it is believed not
to be responsible for psychoactive effects.
Effects: Effects vary with individuals, source of mushroom, and
dose. The usual pattern is dizziness, twitching and possible nausea
after 30 minutes, followed by numbness of feet and twilight sleep for
2 hours, with colorful visions and intensified awareness of sounds.
After this, one may feel buoyant with great energy and strength.
Hallucinations and distortion of size are common. Entire experience
last about 5-6 hours. Muscimol is an hallucinogen which affects the
central nervous system. Ibotenic acid causes flushing of the skin and
lethargy. Muscarine is a highly toxic hallucinogen.
Contraindications: Before harvesting these or any mushrooms for
ingestion one should establish positive identification. Several
closely related amanita species are extremely toxic. These include
_A. pantherina,_ _A. virosa,_ _A. verna,_ and _A. phalloides_
(destroying angel). Large amounts of _A. muscaria_ can also be fatal.
Three mushrooms is the absolute maximum recommended.
Note: Most ingested muscimol is passed unaltered into the urine.
Siberian mushroom users make the practice of drinking this urine to
recycle the psychoactive materials.
Supplier: Must be gathered from nature.
GI'-I-SA-WA. _Lycoperdon marginatum_ and _L. mixtecorum._ Family
Lycoperdaceae.
Material: Puffball fungus found at high altitudes in temperate
forests in Mexico.
Usage: Puffball and/or spores are ingested.
Active Constituents: Unidentified alkaloid.
Effects: Half-sleep state with non-visual hallucinations (voices,
echoes, and other sound).
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Some related species grow wild in USA.
GUARANA -- _Paullinia cupana_ HBK. Family Sapindaceae (Soapberry
family).
Material: Seeds of woody liana from forests of Brazil.
Usage: Seeds are allowed to mold, are ground, mixed with cassava
flour and water to form paste, and dried in cylindrical shapes. For
use 1/2 tsp. is scraped from cylinder, dissolved in 1 cup hot water
with honey, and drunk.
Active Constituents: Caffeine 5% (2-1/2 times that of coffee).
Effects: Stimulant.
Contraindications: Long-term excessive use of caffeine may cause
nervousness, insomnia, habituation.
Supplier: MGH.
HARMINE -- 7-methoxy-1-methyl-9H-pyrido (3,4-b) indole.
Material: Indole-based alkaloid found in several places including
_Banisteriopsis caapi_ (from which the South American hallucinogenic
brew yage is prepared), _Peganum harmala_ (Syrian rue), _Zygophyllum
fabago_ and _Passiflora incarnata._
Usage: 25-750 mg harmine (see effects) is ingested on an empty
stomach. In its hydrochloride form harmine may be snorted (20-200
mg). Injection dosges are smaller: SC 40-70 mg, IV 10-30 mg.
Absorbed poorly through stomach. Small doses (20-200 mg) effective
intrabuccally and sublingually.
Effects: Harmine and related alkaloids are serotonin antagonists,
hallucinogen, CNS stimulants, and short-term MAO inhibitors (100 x MAO
inhibition of improniazid but lasting only several hours). Small
doses (25-50 mg) act as mild and therapeutic cerebral stimulant,
sometimes producing drowsy or dreamy state for 1-2 hours. Larger
doses up to 750 mg may have hallucinogenic effect, the intensity of
which varies widely with the individual. Doses of 25-250 mg taken
with LSD or psiolcybin alter the quality of the experience of the
latter. Telepathic experiences have been reported with this
combination.
Contraindications: Harmine is a brief MAO inhibitor. It should
not be used with alcohol and certain foods and drugs (see list). When
snuffed, harmine may be slightly irritating to nasal passages. Large
amounts may depress CNS. Since individual sensitivity varies this may
occur with 250-750 mg.
Supplier: CS.
Note: Notes on other harmala alkaloids: Different harmala
alkaloids vary in potency. The equivalent of 10 mg harine is 50 mg
harmaline, 35 mg tetrahydraharman, 25 mg harmalol or harmol, 4 mg
methoxyharmalan. Harmal alkaloids are synergistic (mutually
potentiating) and are therefore most effective when combined in an
appropriate balance. Tropines (belladonna alkaloids) also potentiate
harmals. Harmol and harmalol (phenols) in overdoses can cause
progressive CNS paralysis.
HAWAIIAN WOOD ROSE, BABY -- _Argyreia nervosa._ Family Convolvulaceae
(Bindweed family).
Material: Seeds within round pods of climbing plant found in
Asian and Hawaiian forests.
Usage: Seeds are removed form pods, white layer is scraped or
singed from seed coat and seeds are ground and consumed or soaked in
water, strained, and drunk. Dose 4-8 seeds.
Active Constituents: D-lysergic acid amine and related compounds.
Effects: LSD-like experience with extreme lassitude. Nausea may
be experienced during first hour or two. Total experience lasta bout
6 hours. Tranquil feelings may continue for 12 or more hours
afterwards.
Contraindications: Pregnant women or persons with history of
liver disorders should not take lysergic acid amindes.
Supplier: MGH.
HAWAIIAN WOOD ROSE, LARGE -- _Merremia tuberosa._ Family
Convolvulaceae (Bindweed family).
Material: Large, black seeds within lantern-like pod of Hawaiian
vine.
Usage, Effects, and Contraindications: Similar to baby wood rose.
Dose 4-8 large seeds.
Supplier: RCS.
HELIOTROPE -- _Valeriana officinalis._ Family Valerianaceae.
Material: Roots of fairly common garden plant.
Usage: 1/2 oz. boiled for 5 minutes in 1 pt. water, strained, and
drunk.
Active Constituents: Chatinine, valerine (alkaloids), valeric
(propylacetic) acid.
Effects: Tranquilizer and sedative.
Contraindications: Has unpleasant smell but tolerable taste. May
add honey.
Supplier: Herb, MGH; seeds, RCS.
HENBANE -- _Hyoscyamus niger_ L. Family Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Various parts of hairy, sticky biennial or annual found
in waste places, roadsides, and sandy areas of Europe (sometimes USA).
Usage: Leaves and seeds are smoked in India and Africa for
inebriating effect. Brew made by boiling crushed roots.
Active Constituents: Hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and other
tropanes.
Effects: Hallucinogen and sedative. Hyoscyamine is similar to
atropine but more powerful in its effects upon the peripheral nervous
system.
Contraindications: Same as thornapple. European sorcerers of
middle ages claimed that excessive use can cause permament insanity.
Supplier: Must find in habitat.
HOPS -- _Humulus lupulus._ Family Cannabinaceae.
Material: Flaky-textured and pleasantly bitter fruiting parts of
perennial vine used as a flavoring in beer brewing.
Usage: May be smoked like marijuana, extracted into alcohol or
steeped in water (1 oz./pt.).
Active Constituents: Lupuline (a resinous powder chemically
related to THC).
Effects: Sedative: When smoked gives mild marijuana-like high
with sedative qualities.
Contraindications: Excessive use over a long period may cause
dizziness, mental stupor, and mild jaundice symptoms in some
individuals.
Note: Several popular books on the cultivation of cannabis have
pointed out that hops vines may be grafted to marijuana root stocks.
The result is a plant which appears to be a normal hops vine but which
contains the active constituents of marijuana. This means that people
can raise their own marijuana disguised as hops and not be discovered
by law agents. Because of this the government has asked hope growers
to refuse to sell hops cuttings to the general public. There are no
laws against hops but they are now difficult to obtain. Hops are
mostly propagated from root cuttings. Viable seeds are rare.
Supplier: Dried hops, MGH; viable seeds, RCS; viable root, WP.
HYDRANGEA -- _Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora._ Family
Saxifragaceae.
Material: Leaves of common garden shrub.
Usage: Leaves are dried and smoked. One cigarette only.
Active Constituents: Hydrangin, saponin, and cyanogenic
substances.
Effects: Mild marijuana-like high, subtoxic inebriation.
Contraindications: Too mujch may produce more cyanide than the
system can metabolize. Not recommended.
Supplier: Live plants; nurseries, RCS.
INDIAN SNAKEROOT -- _Rauwolfia serpentina._ Family Aponcynaceae
(Dogbane family).
Material: Root of shrub native to India.
Usage: 50-150 mg of root is chewed and ingested.
Active Constituents: Reserpine, rescinnamine, yohimbine,
ajmaline, serpentine (indole alkaloids).
Effects: Lowers blood pressure, tranquilizes mind without causing
stupor and ataxia. Effects are delayed for several days to several
weeks because reserpine must be converted in the body into secondary
substances. Used medicinally to treat insanity and by holy men to
produce states of tranquility conducive to meditation. Effects last
for several days.
Contraindications: See RESERPINE.
Supplier: MGH (inquire). See RESERPINE and RESCINAMINE.
INTOXICATING MINT -- _Lagochilus inebrians._ Family Libiatae (Mint
family).
Materials: Leaves of Central Asian shrub.
Usage: Leaves are dried and steeped to make tea.
Active Constituents: Unidentified polyhydric alcohol.
Effects: Tranquilizer, intoxicant, mild hallucinogen.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: MGH (inquire first).
IOCHROMA -- _Iochroma_ spp. Family Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Leaves of shrub of small tree with tubular flowers
(purple, blue, scarlet, or white) found in wooded areas of Peru,
Chile, and Colombia (especially Andean highlands); also cultivated in
gardens in USA.
Usage: Leaves are smoked or made into tea.
Active Constituents: Unidentified (probably tropanes).
Effects: Hallucinogen.
Contraindications: Insufficient data. Caution advised with all
tropane-bearing materials.
Supplier: Cutting, RCS.
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LEGAL HIGHS
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ADRENOCHROME SEMICARBAZONE -- 3-hydroxy-1-methyl-5,6-indolinedione
semicarbazone.
Material: Oxidized eniephrine (adrenaline) with semicarbazide.
Usage: 100 mg is thoroughly dissolved in just enough alcohol,
melted fat (butter), or vegetable oil and ingested. Because of its
poor solubility in water these must be used to aid absorption.
Effects: Physical stimulating, feeling of well-being, slight
reduction of thought processes.
Contraindications: None noted. Acts as a systemic hemostatic
preventing capillary bleeding during injury. Adrenochrome causes
chemically induced schizophrenia. Its semicarbazone does not.
Supplier: CS.
ALPHA-CHLORALOSE -- alpha-D-glucochloralose.
Material: Synthetic chemical prepared by reacting chloral with
glucose under heat.
Usage: 350-500 mg orally.
Effects: Euphoriant affecting CNS in a manner similar to PCP
(phencyclidine), accompanied with mental changes like those from
smoking hashish.
Contraindications: Although a central depressant, in some
individuals it may cause nervousness. Less toxic than PCP or chloral.
Dangerous if taken with even small amounts of alcohol (even beer).
May cause convulsions.
Supplier: CS.
ASARONE -- 1,2,4-trimethoxy-5-propenylbenzene or 2,4,5-trimethoxy-1-
benzene.
Material: A chemical related to mescaline and the amphetamines
found in the roots of sweet flag (_Acorus calamus_) and _Asarum_ spp.
It is chemically the precusor of TMA-2 (2,4,5-trimethoxy-a-methyl-4,5-
methylenedioxyphenylethylamine), a hallucinogen with 18 times the gram
potency of mescaline. Asarone is converted to TMA-2 in the body by
aminization which takes place shortly after ingestion.
Usage: 45-350 mg orally on empty stomach. Individual sensitivity
varies widely.
Effects: Simultaneous stimulant, hallucinogen, and sedative. One
or another of these traits may be more pronounced depending upon the
dose and the individual. CNS stimulant, antispasmatic.
Contraindications: Should not be taken with MAO inhibitors.
Supplier: CS.
ATROPINE SULFATE
Material: Sulfate of tropane alkaloid found in belladonna,
datura, and several other solaneceous plants.
Usage: 0.5-5 mg orally.
Effects: Competitive acetylcholine inhibitor at receptor site
(postganglionic junction). Does not prevent acetylcholine liberation.
Hallucinogen, similar to scopolamine, but producing more excitement
and less stupor. Potentiates other psychotropics, including opium,
cannabis, harmala alkaloids, mescaline.
Contraindications: Highly toxic. Side effects include dryness
and soreness of mucous membranes, blurred vision, urinary retention,
severe hallucinations, retrograde amnesia lasting several hours to
several days. Not recommended without expert supervision. Possible
brain damage from large amounts.
Supplier: CR.
BELLADONNA -- Deadly Nightshade. _Atropa belladonna_ L. Family
Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Leaves and roots of perennial herb found in wooded
hills and shaded areas of central and southern Europe, southwest Asia,
and Algeria, and naturalized in USA.
Usage: Crushed dried leaves 30-200 mg or root 30-120 mg taken
orally or smoked.
Active Constituents: Atropine, scopolamine, and other tropanes.
Leaves containe 0.3-0.5% total alkaloids, roots 0.4-0.7%.
Effects: Hallucinogen, hypnotic, anticholinergic.
Contraindications: Extremely toxic. Even moderate doses could be
fatal. Root contains apoatropine which can be lethal even in small
amounts, especially when taken orally. Use not recommended. See
ATROPINE and SCOPOLAMINE.
Supplier: Seeds RCS.
BETEL NUT -- _Areca catechu._ Family Palmaceae (Palm family).
Material: The large seed of this Asian palm tree.
Usage: It is wrapped in the leaf of the betel pepper (_Piper
chavica betel_) and sprinkled with burnt lime, catechu gum from the
Malayan acacia tree (_Acacia catechu_) and nutmeg, cardamom or other
species. This morsel is placed in the mouth and sucked on for several
hours.
Active Constituents: Arecoline (methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-
methylnicotinate), a votalite oil, is released from the nut by action
of saliva and time. Betel leaf contains chavicol, allylpyrocathechol,
chavibetol and cadinene.
Effects: Arecoline is a central nervous system stimulant. It
increases respiration and decreases the work load of the heart. Betel
leaf has mild stimulating properties.
Contraindications: Excessive arecoline from immoderate use or
from unripe nuts can cause dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and
convulsions. Frequent use stains mouth, gums, and teeth deep red
(caused by catechu gum). Long-term overuse of betel nut is said to
weaken sexual potency.
Supplier: Areca nuts and betel leaves, MGH; young palms, RCS.
BROOM -- (_Genista,_ _Cytisus,_ _Spartium_ spp.). Family Leguminosae
(Bean family).
Material: Blossoms of any of several species including Canary
Island broom (Genista canariensis), Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius),
and Spanish broom (Spartium junceum).
Usage: Blossoms are collected,
aged in a sealed jar for 10 days, dried, and rolled into cigarettes.
Smoke is inhailed and held.
Active Constituents: Cytisine (a toxic pyridine).
Effects: One cigarette produces relaxed feelings for 2 hours.
More causes deeper relaxation and longer-lasting effects (4-5 hours).
Relaxation is deepest during 2 hours and is followed by mental
alertness and increased awareness of color without hallucinations.
Contraindications: Usually no undesirable side effects or
hangover. Some persons experience mild headache immediately after
smoking. Broom flowers are extremely toxic when ingested. Has heart-
stimulating properties like digitalis.
Supplier: Common in parks and gardens. Dried broom, MGH; viable
seeds and plants, RCS.
CABEZA DE ANGEL -- _Calliandra anomala._ Family Leguminosae (Bean
family).
Material: Resins of shrub with feathery, crimson flowers found in
level or mountainous places and near streams in southern Mexico and
Guatemala; sometimes cultivated as ornamental in California.
Usage: Formerly used by Aztecs. Incisions made in bark, resins
collected after several days, dried, pulverized, mixed with ash, and
snuffed.
Active Constituents: Unidentified.
Effects: Hypnotic, induces sleep. Also used medicinally for
dysyntery, swellings, fever, and malaria.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Seeds and cuttings, RCS (inquire).
CALAMUS -- Sweet flag, rat root (_Acorus calamus_). Family Araceae
(Arum family).
Material: Roots of tall, fragrant, sword-leaved plant found in
marshes and borders of ponds and streams in Europe, Asia, and North
America from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to Florida and Texas.
Usage: Roots are collected in late autumn or spring, washed,
voided of root fibres and dried with moderate heat. Root may be
chewed or broken up and boiled as a tea. Doses range from 2 to 10
inches of root. Root deteriorates with age. Usually inactive after 1
year. Store closed in cool dry place.
Active Constituents: Asarone and beta-asarone.
Effects: A piece of dried root the thickness of a pencil and
about 2 inches long provides stimulating and buoyant feelings. A
piece 10 inches long acts as a mind alterant and hallucinogen. (See
ASARONE.)
Contraindications: The FDA frowns upon the sale and use of
calamus and has issued directives to certain herb dealers not to sell
it to the public. An FDA directive is simply a polite word for a
threat of hassling without a law to back it. At present there are no
laws against calamus. Some experiments have indicated that excessive
amounts of calamus oil can increase the tumor rate in rats. Many of
the Cree Indians of Northern Alberta chew calamus root for oral
hygiene and as a stimulating tonic. They apparently suffer no
unpleasant side effects. In fact, those who use it seem to be in
better general health than those who do not.
Supplier: Dried root, MGH; viable root, RCS, GBR.
CALEA -- _Calea zacatechichi._ Family Compositae (Sunflower family).
Material: Leaves of a shrub from central Mexico and Costa Rica.
Usage: 1 oz. of crushed dried leaves is steeped in 1 pt. water or
extracted into alcohol. Tea is drunk slowly. A cigarette of the
leaves may be smoked to increase the effect.
Active Constituents: Alkaloids have not been found in calea.
Psychoactive components uncertain but believed to be in aromanic and
bitter principle.
Effects: Feelings of repose after 30 minutes with increased
awareness of heart and pulse. One oz. clarifies mind and senses.
Larger amounts may induce hallucinations.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Must be procured in Mexico. Oaxaca marketplace.
CALIFORNIA POPPY -- _Eschscholtzia californica._ Family Papaveraceae
(Poppy family).
Material: Leaves, flowers, and capsules of common wildflower.
Usage: Materials are dried and smoked.
Active Constituents: Opium-related alkaloids: protopine,
chelerythrine, sanguinarine, alpha- and beta-homochelidonine, and
several glucosides.
Effects: Very mild marijuana-like euphoria from smoking last 20-
30 minutes. Concentrated extract of plant may be more potent when
ingested or smoked.
Contraindications: No apparent side effects. Not habit-forming.
Appears to be ineffective when used again within 24 hours.
Supplier: Grows wild (protected by California law; misdemeanor,
fine for plucking). Seeds, B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
CATNIP -- _Nepeta catoria._ Family Labiatae (Mint family).
Material: Leaves.
Usage: Leaves are smoked alone or with tobacco in equal parts.
Also, extract is sprayed on tobacco or other smoking material.
Active Constituents: Metatabilacetone, nepatalactone, nepetalic
acid.
Effects: Mild marijuana-like euphoria, more intense and longer-
lasting with tobacco.
Contraindications: No harmful side effects known. Tobacco is
harmful and addicting.
Supplier: MGH or pet stores. Extract in aerosol from pet stores.
Viable seeds; B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
CHICALOTE -- Also called Prickly Poppy. _Argemone mexicana._ Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family).
Material: Seeds and golden sap from unripe capsules of prickly-
leaved, yellow flowered perennial found in dry fields and roadsides of
southwestern USA and Mexico.
Usage: Capsule is pierced or opened, sap collected, dried,
smoked, or ingested like opium.
Active Constituents: Protopine, berberine (morphine-related
alkaloids), and several isoquinilines.
Effects: Sedative, analgesic, and euphoriant. Mild
hallucinogenic effects from seeds.
Contraindications: None known from discreet use. Continued use
can aggravate glaucoma and cause edema or dropsy.
Supplier: Viable seeds, RCS.
CHODAT; HSIAO-TS'AO -- _Polygala sibirica_; _P. tenuifolia._ Family
Polygalaceae (Milkwort family).
Material: Yellow-brown roots with acrid-sweet taste, from plant
native to temperate Asia (northern China and Japan).
Usage: 1 tbsp. brewed as tea or powdered and combined with other
herbs. Taken daily for several weeks.
Active Constituents: Senegin (7% of dried weight).
Effects: Many medicinal uses. Used in Taoist medicine to improve
memory and mental powers.
Contraindications: None known. Too much may induce vomiting.
Supplier: This when available, or related speices _P. senega,_
MGH.
COLORINES -- _Erythrina flabelliformis_ and other species. Family
Leguminosae (Bean family).
Material: Bright red beans of woody shrubs or trees found in
southwestern USA, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Usage: 1/4-1/2 seed is chewed and swallowed.
Active Constituents: Undetermined toxic indole and
insoquinilines.
Effects: Stupor and hallucinations.
Contraindications: Extremely toxic. Not recommended.
Supplier: Grows wild in flat, dry areas.
DAMIANA -- _Turnera diffusa._ Family Turneraceae.
Material: Fragrant leaves of shrub found in tropical America,
Texas, and California.
Usage: 2 tbsp. leaves simmered in 1 pt. water. Tea is drunk at
same time as pipeful of leaves is smoked.
Active Constituents: Undetermined principle in oily fraction of
extract.
Effects: Mild aphrodisiac and marijuana-like euphoria lasting 1-
1.5 hours. Regular, moderate use has tonic effect on sexual organs.
Contraindications: Smoke harsh on lungs, best used in water-pipe.
Tea has slightly bitter taste; honey may be added. Some say excessive
long-term use may be toxic to liver.
DILL -- _Amethum graveolens._ Family Ubelliferae (Carrot family).
Material: Oil from seeds.
Usage: Oil is ingested.
Active Constituents: Dillapiole (non-amine precursor of 2,3-
dimethoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine [DMMDA-2]).
Effects and contraindications: See PARSLEY.
Supplier: Spice section of grocery stores; herb dealers, MGH.
Viable seeds; B, FM, G, NK, RCS.
DONANA -- _Coryphanta macromeris._ Family Cactaceae (Cactus family).
Material: Small, spiny cactus from northern Mexico and southern
Texas.
Usage: Spines are removed and 8-12 fresh or dried cacti are
consumed on an empty stomach. These may be chewed or crushed and
brewed for 1 hour as tea.
Active Constituents: Macromerine (L-alpha-3,4-diimethoxyphenyl-
beta-dimethylaminoethanol), a beta-phenethylamine 1/5 the gram potency
of mescaline.
Effects: Hallucinogen somewhat similar to mescaline.
Contraindications: Should not be taken in large doses with strong
MAO inhibitors. Otherwise none known.
Supplier: Cuttings, AHD; seeds, RCS, NMCR.
EPENA -- Also called yopo. _Virola calophylla._ Family Myristicaceae
(Nutmeg family).
Material: Red resin beneath the bark of tree found in rain
forests of Colombia and Brazil.
Usage: Resin scraped or boiled from bark, dried, pulverized,
mixed with ashes, and snuffed.
Active Constituents: N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-methoxy-N,N-
dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), bufotenine.
Effects: Powerful instantaneous hallucinogen. Peak effects last
about 30 minutes. Color and size changes, dizziness. Aftereffects:
buoyant feelings, pleasant stimulating lasting several hours.
Contraindications: Excessive dose may cause headache and
confusion during first 5 minutes. May cause nausea on full stomach.
Physical pain or discomfort may be amplified during first 10 minutes.
MAO inhibitor.
Supplier: No local source of epena. DMT and bufotenine illegal
in USA. See 5-MeO-DMT.
5-FLUORO-A-METHYLTRYPTAMINE
Material: Synthetic tryptamine.
Usage: 25 mg is ingested.
Effects: Hallucinogen and stimulant; causes dream-like state
similar to psilocybin, but without drowsiness or lassitude.
Contraindications: MAO inhibitor. (See list of incompatible
materials.)
Supplier: CS.
Note: Other methylated tryptamines with similar psychoactive
properties include: 6-fluoro-alpha-methyltrypta-5-methyltryptamine,
N-methyltryptamine, 5-methyltryptamine. The dosage, effects, and
contraindications are about the same for these as for the above. Some
of the non-methylated derivatives are also active. These include 5-
and 6-fluorotryptamine and 5- and 6-fluorotryptophan.
FLY AGARIC -- _Amanita muscaria._ Family Agaricaceae (Agaric family).
Material: Mushroom with red caps and white flakes found in birch
or pine forests during rainy season in north temperate zones of
eastern and western hemispheres.
Usage: Mushrooms are collected and dried in the sun or in oven at
200 degrees. No more than one medium-size mushroom should be taken
until individual's tolerance is determined.
Active Constituents: Muscimol; and ibotenic acid, which converts
muscimol upon drying. Some muscarine is also present but because of
its difficulty in passing the blood-brain barrier it is believed not
to be responsible for psychoactive effects.
Effects: Effects vary with individuals, source of mushroom, and
dose. The usual pattern is dizziness, twitching and possible nausea
after 30 minutes, followed by numbness of feet and twilight sleep for
2 hours, with colorful visions and intensified awareness of sounds.
After this, one may feel buoyant with great energy and strength.
Hallucinations and distortion of size are common. Entire experience
last about 5-6 hours. Muscimol is an hallucinogen which affects the
central nervous system. Ibotenic acid causes flushing of the skin and
lethargy. Muscarine is a highly toxic hallucinogen.
Contraindications: Before harvesting these or any mushrooms for
ingestion one should establish positive identification. Several
closely related amanita species are extremely toxic. These include
_A. pantherina,_ _A. virosa,_ _A. verna,_ and _A. phalloides_
(destroying angel). Large amounts of _A. muscaria_ can also be fatal.
Three mushrooms is the absolute maximum recommended.
Note: Most ingested muscimol is passed unaltered into the urine.
Siberian mushroom users make the practice of drinking this urine to
recycle the psychoactive materials.
Supplier: Must be gathered from nature.
GI'-I-SA-WA. _Lycoperdon marginatum_ and _L. mixtecorum._ Family
Lycoperdaceae.
Material: Puffball fungus found at high altitudes in temperate
forests in Mexico.
Usage: Puffball and/or spores are ingested.
Active Constituents: Unidentified alkaloid.
Effects: Half-sleep state with non-visual hallucinations (voices,
echoes, and other sound).
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: Some related species grow wild in USA.
GUARANA -- _Paullinia cupana_ HBK. Family Sapindaceae (Soapberry
family).
Material: Seeds of woody liana from forests of Brazil.
Usage: Seeds are allowed to mold, are ground, mixed with cassava
flour and water to form paste, and dried in cylindrical shapes. For
use 1/2 tsp. is scraped from cylinder, dissolved in 1 cup hot water
with honey, and drunk.
Active Constituents: Caffeine 5% (2-1/2 times that of coffee).
Effects: Stimulant.
Contraindications: Long-term excessive use of caffeine may cause
nervousness, insomnia, habituation.
Supplier: MGH.
HARMINE -- 7-methoxy-1-methyl-9H-pyrido (3,4-b) indole.
Material: Indole-based alkaloid found in several places including
_Banisteriopsis caapi_ (from which the South American hallucinogenic
brew yage is prepared), _Peganum harmala_ (Syrian rue), _Zygophyllum
fabago_ and _Passiflora incarnata._
Usage: 25-750 mg harmine (see effects) is ingested on an empty
stomach. In its hydrochloride form harmine may be snorted (20-200
mg). Injection dosges are smaller: SC 40-70 mg, IV 10-30 mg.
Absorbed poorly through stomach. Small doses (20-200 mg) effective
intrabuccally and sublingually.
Effects: Harmine and related alkaloids are serotonin antagonists,
hallucinogen, CNS stimulants, and short-term MAO inhibitors (100 x MAO
inhibition of improniazid but lasting only several hours). Small
doses (25-50 mg) act as mild and therapeutic cerebral stimulant,
sometimes producing drowsy or dreamy state for 1-2 hours. Larger
doses up to 750 mg may have hallucinogenic effect, the intensity of
which varies widely with the individual. Doses of 25-250 mg taken
with LSD or psiolcybin alter the quality of the experience of the
latter. Telepathic experiences have been reported with this
combination.
Contraindications: Harmine is a brief MAO inhibitor. It should
not be used with alcohol and certain foods and drugs (see list). When
snuffed, harmine may be slightly irritating to nasal passages. Large
amounts may depress CNS. Since individual sensitivity varies this may
occur with 250-750 mg.
Supplier: CS.
Note: Notes on other harmala alkaloids: Different harmala
alkaloids vary in potency. The equivalent of 10 mg harine is 50 mg
harmaline, 35 mg tetrahydraharman, 25 mg harmalol or harmol, 4 mg
methoxyharmalan. Harmal alkaloids are synergistic (mutually
potentiating) and are therefore most effective when combined in an
appropriate balance. Tropines (belladonna alkaloids) also potentiate
harmals. Harmol and harmalol (phenols) in overdoses can cause
progressive CNS paralysis.
HAWAIIAN WOOD ROSE, BABY -- _Argyreia nervosa._ Family Convolvulaceae
(Bindweed family).
Material: Seeds within round pods of climbing plant found in
Asian and Hawaiian forests.
Usage: Seeds are removed form pods, white layer is scraped or
singed from seed coat and seeds are ground and consumed or soaked in
water, strained, and drunk. Dose 4-8 seeds.
Active Constituents: D-lysergic acid amine and related compounds.
Effects: LSD-like experience with extreme lassitude. Nausea may
be experienced during first hour or two. Total experience lasta bout
6 hours. Tranquil feelings may continue for 12 or more hours
afterwards.
Contraindications: Pregnant women or persons with history of
liver disorders should not take lysergic acid amindes.
Supplier: MGH.
HAWAIIAN WOOD ROSE, LARGE -- _Merremia tuberosa._ Family
Convolvulaceae (Bindweed family).
Material: Large, black seeds within lantern-like pod of Hawaiian
vine.
Usage, Effects, and Contraindications: Similar to baby wood rose.
Dose 4-8 large seeds.
Supplier: RCS.
HELIOTROPE -- _Valeriana officinalis._ Family Valerianaceae.
Material: Roots of fairly common garden plant.
Usage: 1/2 oz. boiled for 5 minutes in 1 pt. water, strained, and
drunk.
Active Constituents: Chatinine, valerine (alkaloids), valeric
(propylacetic) acid.
Effects: Tranquilizer and sedative.
Contraindications: Has unpleasant smell but tolerable taste. May
add honey.
Supplier: Herb, MGH; seeds, RCS.
HENBANE -- _Hyoscyamus niger_ L. Family Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Various parts of hairy, sticky biennial or annual found
in waste places, roadsides, and sandy areas of Europe (sometimes USA).
Usage: Leaves and seeds are smoked in India and Africa for
inebriating effect. Brew made by boiling crushed roots.
Active Constituents: Hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and other
tropanes.
Effects: Hallucinogen and sedative. Hyoscyamine is similar to
atropine but more powerful in its effects upon the peripheral nervous
system.
Contraindications: Same as thornapple. European sorcerers of
middle ages claimed that excessive use can cause permament insanity.
Supplier: Must find in habitat.
HOPS -- _Humulus lupulus._ Family Cannabinaceae.
Material: Flaky-textured and pleasantly bitter fruiting parts of
perennial vine used as a flavoring in beer brewing.
Usage: May be smoked like marijuana, extracted into alcohol or
steeped in water (1 oz./pt.).
Active Constituents: Lupuline (a resinous powder chemically
related to THC).
Effects: Sedative: When smoked gives mild marijuana-like high
with sedative qualities.
Contraindications: Excessive use over a long period may cause
dizziness, mental stupor, and mild jaundice symptoms in some
individuals.
Note: Several popular books on the cultivation of cannabis have
pointed out that hops vines may be grafted to marijuana root stocks.
The result is a plant which appears to be a normal hops vine but which
contains the active constituents of marijuana. This means that people
can raise their own marijuana disguised as hops and not be discovered
by law agents. Because of this the government has asked hope growers
to refuse to sell hops cuttings to the general public. There are no
laws against hops but they are now difficult to obtain. Hops are
mostly propagated from root cuttings. Viable seeds are rare.
Supplier: Dried hops, MGH; viable seeds, RCS; viable root, WP.
HYDRANGEA -- _Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora._ Family
Saxifragaceae.
Material: Leaves of common garden shrub.
Usage: Leaves are dried and smoked. One cigarette only.
Active Constituents: Hydrangin, saponin, and cyanogenic
substances.
Effects: Mild marijuana-like high, subtoxic inebriation.
Contraindications: Too mujch may produce more cyanide than the
system can metabolize. Not recommended.
Supplier: Live plants; nurseries, RCS.
INDIAN SNAKEROOT -- _Rauwolfia serpentina._ Family Aponcynaceae
(Dogbane family).
Material: Root of shrub native to India.
Usage: 50-150 mg of root is chewed and ingested.
Active Constituents: Reserpine, rescinnamine, yohimbine,
ajmaline, serpentine (indole alkaloids).
Effects: Lowers blood pressure, tranquilizes mind without causing
stupor and ataxia. Effects are delayed for several days to several
weeks because reserpine must be converted in the body into secondary
substances. Used medicinally to treat insanity and by holy men to
produce states of tranquility conducive to meditation. Effects last
for several days.
Contraindications: See RESERPINE.
Supplier: MGH (inquire). See RESERPINE and RESCINAMINE.
INTOXICATING MINT -- _Lagochilus inebrians._ Family Libiatae (Mint
family).
Materials: Leaves of Central Asian shrub.
Usage: Leaves are dried and steeped to make tea.
Active Constituents: Unidentified polyhydric alcohol.
Effects: Tranquilizer, intoxicant, mild hallucinogen.
Contraindications: None known.
Supplier: MGH (inquire first).
IOCHROMA -- _Iochroma_ spp. Family Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Leaves of shrub of small tree with tubular flowers
(purple, blue, scarlet, or white) found in wooded areas of Peru,
Chile, and Colombia (especially Andean highlands); also cultivated in
gardens in USA.
Usage: Leaves are smoked or made into tea.
Active Constituents: Unidentified (probably tropanes).
Effects: Hallucinogen.
Contraindications: Insufficient data. Caution advised with all
tropane-bearing materials.
Supplier: Cutting, RCS.
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